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Naaa... Disconnect the battery, it seems to be smarter that your Autozone staff anyway.

Even if it is an O ring with luck you can match one up at a hardware store or auto parts store as they usually have a selection here. If not clean and reinstall with silicon sealer and let it cure before operating. One Christmas Eve on a bus trip from CA to NYC I broke a bypass line in Missouri. This was a steel line about 1 inch in diameter that went to a flat bolt on fitting sort of like an exhaust manifold hook up. I found a guy that let me use his torch to weld the end of the line back on. I filed the fitting to make sure it was as flat as I could get it and installed the two bolts using only silicon sealer on the fitting. That was all I had and I had 44 people waiting so I fired it up as soon as I filled and bled the engine and heater sytem and hoped. We not only made New york but that was still on the bus when I sold it several years later. I think it is fair to say that I was impressed with the stuff.

Don't tell me Canadians recognise the new year? When I lived in Maine St. George was the place to go for New Years. I remember a nice policeman driving me around the day after trying to find which bar parking lot I had left my car in. Over here the cop would just tell you to get lost with your hangover. Happy New year to you and yours, and glad to hear things are well with your mate.

I would be surprised if it hurt anything too. Do you think it will clear the code if you disconnect the battery Frag? I would think it would dump everything.

and it may have been later models. How is your wife doing Frag?

Rich I assume you have a reader? Or maybe you just counted the flashes? My reader shuts off codes, but if you don't have that and are too far from an Autozone I would try just disconnecting the battery for a half hour and see if that works.

The ones I have seen mostly had two tiny shoes inside the rear rotor for the e brake. The manual would be good to have just for the proper procedure. Don't put the ebrake on while working on it.

Mine has drums. So far what little brake work I have done on Subarus have been about the easiest I have ever seen.I think I did a rear disc job on about a 92 Legacy wagon which would be the closest to your car. It was so easy I recall very little about it. If you don't have to work on the emergency brake it seems like you just remove one bolt and flip up the caliper. I hang it with a bungee cord. Clean the piston and push it back with a C clamp after applying a thin coating of lube . Coat the new pads with anti squeal, lube and install. Reinstall the bolt. I hope you have a manual of some sort to help you.

You can get gasket material at most auto parts stores. I would probably just make one and use a bit of silicon seal. I keep the material in stock as I hate to drive to the auto store in the middle of a job. You can cut it with an Exacto knife. Or tap around the the part with the ball of a ball peen hammer. Scissors cut the shape out pretty well.I have been amazed at what you can seal with just silicon seal also.

Sorry, it sounds exactly like head gaskets.

A lot of times a fix does not make the manuals. I have only seen one of these in a wrecking yard once and probably would not have noticed but for the fact I have seen them mentioned here.

Ride is a subjective thing anyway. In order of general models in Subies I like the ride of the Legacy, Ourback, and Forester in that order for cruising. On my Forester I am running 15% stiffer struts and a WRX rear sway bar to get the feel I want, but this is a city and mud car that doen't see long distance trips much. It seems a shame to have to adjust a brand new car to get what you want. The Forester is short so you are never going to have good legroom, that is the Legacy and Outback's job. Any chance the dealership would help you on trading to a model you like?

That means an excellent car is going to come up for sale. To a lot of us head gaskets add a lot of value. At least get a belt on there.

Of course none of us ever left off that vacum hose ourselves.....

and so is frustration. Go relax for a while and it may go right on. I don't know how many time this has worked for me (the worst has to be under the car installing an engine or tranny that just won't drop in). Next day it is easy with a new attitude.

I think he is not Josh. There was a little guard on some manual models that I understood was to keep you from jumping timeing on sudden engine speed changes or the back force when the manual does engine braking. The fact that Subaru fitted a fix for this means somebodty had trouble with it. If I had it or could get it easily I would put it on, especially for high performance use.

but you have to test drive exactly what you are going to buy, prefereably the same car. Just for example BMW made about five Z series cars the year I bought mine. They varied from riding like a car to a buckboard.

There is a hose on the air cleaner assembly that a number of folks have left off. I am sure you checked all the hoses and connections right?

there is no adjustment on your Forester as it has a hydraulic clutch linkage.

At this point if it were my car it would get head gaskets. With the daughter driving it in challenging conditions that would influence my choice. I would also look at the radiator, and check the fans and water pump. A good quality cap would be a good idea too but these engines have quite a rep for head gaskets that start very slowly.

What nust have happened is that the external leak your dealer checked and passed tuned into an internal leak after you overheated. I see this as covered myself and I think so will your lawyer.

time to inspect and possible replace the drive belt. It could be other things too, but that is quite common. There are a few folks from the Bay Area who read this forum and if you have trouble with it I am sure somebody will look at it for you.

Here's hoping the check engine light boogie man stays away from your door.

and gave me a check engine taking wifeling to work next day. One new ox sensor later I will know in the next rainstorm in three months or so if I fixed it. At least it still runs fine when it pops a PO420.

to the amount of work I went through to fix the Mercedes.